Title: Louise Atkinson Scrapbook

Date/Date Range :   1942-1943

Extent: 1.5 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection houses Louise Atkinson's World War II era scrapbook. Atkinson lived in the port town of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and much of the scrapbook documents the military happenings of the time.

Call number: MS-3018

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated to the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Louise Atkinson Scrapbook, MS-3018. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of two folders.

Louise Atkinson lived in the costal town of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, during World War II.

This collection houses Louise Atkinson's World War II era scrapbook. Atkinson lived in the port town of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and much of the scrapbook documents the military happenings of the time. Among the items included are numerous newspaper clippings of soldiers' weddings and news stories discussing the town of Prince Rupert. The collection also houses numerous letters written to Atkinson by well-wishers expressing their hope that she will soon be well of an unspecified illness.

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada.
• British Columbia -- History.
• Prince Rupert (B.C.) -- History.